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The Legend of Heroes Trails of Cold Steel IV, oh man this was an adventure and a half getting here.
Honestly, this game was a lot better than I thought it was going to be, it brings everything to a nice resolution with the Cold Steel arc, while bringing in a healthy amount from the Sky and Crossbell arcs. With such a large cast of characters you would think this would turn into too many cooks ruin the soup, but shockingly, at least in my opinion, it is done every well and everyone has their appropriate role to play.
There weren't too many gameplay changes over CS3, just more quality of lfie improvements, but I have to wonder if this game was a bit too easy? I played it on hard and there were very few fights I was dreading. This could be due to Orders making certain things a bit trivial. There are some boss fights that are boiled down to mainly damage sponges than fun fights, so that can take a bit out of it, especially because one of them was a character I have enjoyed fighting through this series.
Really the only downside I can say is that the PC port of this is probably the worst of all the Kiseki games on Steam. The game would constantly lockup and drop frames at the strangest of moments, where it got to the point I just wanted to play this on my PS5 instead. Hell there was an instance something got corrupted at the very end of the game that prevented me from going forward unless I did a reinstall, so on terms of the port job it is probably the weakest entry.
But overall, this game is really solid, and is probably my favorite game in the entire Cold Steel saga. It wrapped up things nicely, while keeping just enough loose ends for Reverie and the Calvard arc. I just pray we start getting those localized in a more timely manner.
Honestly, this game was a lot better than I thought it was going to be, it brings everything to a nice resolution with the Cold Steel arc, while bringing in a healthy amount from the Sky and Crossbell arcs. With such a large cast of characters you would think this would turn into too many cooks ruin the soup, but shockingly, at least in my opinion, it is done every well and everyone has their appropriate role to play.
There weren't too many gameplay changes over CS3, just more quality of lfie improvements, but I have to wonder if this game was a bit too easy? I played it on hard and there were very few fights I was dreading. This could be due to Orders making certain things a bit trivial. There are some boss fights that are boiled down to mainly damage sponges than fun fights, so that can take a bit out of it, especially because one of them was a character I have enjoyed fighting through this series.
Really the only downside I can say is that the PC port of this is probably the worst of all the Kiseki games on Steam. The game would constantly lockup and drop frames at the strangest of moments, where it got to the point I just wanted to play this on my PS5 instead. Hell there was an instance something got corrupted at the very end of the game that prevented me from going forward unless I did a reinstall, so on terms of the port job it is probably the weakest entry.
But overall, this game is really solid, and is probably my favorite game in the entire Cold Steel saga. It wrapped up things nicely, while keeping just enough loose ends for Reverie and the Calvard arc. I just pray we start getting those localized in a more timely manner.
The Legend of Heroes Trails of Cold Steel III for me feels like the peak of the entire Cold Steel saga. Playing from the perspective as a teacher at Thor's was really an interesting way to advance the story forward. I also enjoyed a lot of the combat changes this game introduces over Cold Steel II, even if it meant nerfing a lot of fun things (such as being able to summon Valimar in almost every fight) but I enjoyed it all nonetheless. While New Class VII can't really replace Class VII for me, they do do their job very well, and I am looking forward to seeing them grow in Cold Steel IV
Also that ending though lmao, giving Trails in the Sky FC a run for its money in the cliffhanger department.
Also that ending though lmao, giving Trails in the Sky FC a run for its money in the cliffhanger department.
With The Legend of Heroes Trails of Cold Steel II I was very back and forth on if I truly do recommend this game. While I have been told this game is the weakest entry in the entire series so far, it is still far from a bad JRPG. I really did enjoy myself seeing how the Civil War in Erebonia played out, and how things were being picked up from the end of Trails to Azure.
My only real issues with this game really came with a lot of filler parts in the story that I felt like could have been condensed down, and the epilogue nearly ruined this game for me. Oh and there is some pretty important plot stuff that his hidden behind a NG+ series of books that you have to collect. I am not sure who thought that was a good idea.
My only real issues with this game really came with a lot of filler parts in the story that I felt like could have been condensed down, and the epilogue nearly ruined this game for me. Oh and there is some pretty important plot stuff that his hidden behind a NG+ series of books that you have to collect. I am not sure who thought that was a good idea.
The Legend of Heroes Trails of Cold Steel is an amazing start to a new arc in this series. Coming in this game off of the heels of Geofront's Azure, it was nice to see the perspective of another area in the world going on at the same time as the Crossbell games. I think my only issue is how the Art system is changed from the Engimas to ARCUS, but I was able to get used to it and had a solid time going through this game. I enjoyed seeing all of the inner workings of Erebonia and what life was like here.